[きせんけっこん, kisenkekkon] (n) morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Morganatic \Mor`ga*nat"ic\, a. [LL. matrimonium ad morganaticam,
fr. morganatica a morning gift, a kind of dowry paid on the
morning before or after the marriage, fr. OHG. morgan
morning, in morgangeba morning gift, G. morgengabe. See
{Morn}.]
Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of
marriage, called also {left-handed marriage}, between a man
of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is
stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall
enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband.
--Brande & C. -- {Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly}, adv.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morganatic
adj 1: (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or
noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the
understanding that the rank of the inferior remains
unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or
property of the superior [syn: {morganatic}, {left-
handed}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
